[SixClub] 6mtr. AM Repeater??

[Mark Rockwood]

Chris,
Thanks for the information. I can always count you and
this group for answers about 6mt! MC&HNY
Mark
K1RGB

--- Chris Boone <CBoone at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Some of early rptrs were AM!!	I don't know of any AM
> rptrs currently in
> operation...but myself and KE5O have been toying
> with the idea of a dual
> mode rptr....AM or FM in, AM and FM out! Of course,
> the rptr MUST use freqs
> within the 51-54 Mhz range....a rptr cannot operate
> inputs or outputs below
> 51.0 MHz in the US...AMing a GE MASTRII or similar
> xmtr can be done (carrier
> power must be reduced to prevent blowing the xstrs!)
> Adding a AM IF strip to
> a FM radio is not too hard..but of course with AM
> you lose the FM quality of
> reception....(even though AM is a better weak signal
> mode, once you get past
> the threshold, FM is the superior mode for noise
> suppression, etc...this is
> why it overtook Land Mobile use in the 40s and 50)
> 
> A rptr can be of any mode.....it just has its own
> unique "problems"
> associated with that mode...but an AM rptr is
> doable..
> 
> Chris
> WB5ITT
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> > [mailto:sixclub-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf
> Of Mark Rockwood
> > Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 5:34 AM
> > To: sixclub at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [SixClub] 6mtr. AM Repeater??
> > 
> > 
> > Hello Chris Boone,
> > Being the our all knowing all seeing 6mtr oracle,
> > could you tell me if you have ever heard of a 6mtr
> AM
> > repeater? Could one be built? I am part of a
> growing
> > 6mtr AM group whose new members are trying to join
> > from farther and farther away.
> > Unless conditions are perfect only have of the
> > checkins can hear the other half. Just curious
> about
> > the possibility. Thanks 
> > for your very knowledgable contributions for the
> past
> > year and beyond! Merry Christmas and Happy New
> Year.
> > Mark Rockwood
> > K1RGB
> > 
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